I was trying to help my 1325 Sorc friends doing chaos dungeon. (My WD is 1380). He got 51% damage MVP. I have 2 sets Argos gears, 331 engraving. 590 Crit/1200 swiftness. Lmao.
Though I changed my main from WD before this.
Since the VPN banned, I changed my main to a class that is ping friendly (Gunlancer).
if you think that chaos dungeon is a good metric for DPS then yes sure. sorc is expected going to be the better one for DPS there no shot lol.
i just see alot of people just nitpick to justify the narrative of the OP.
oh well, wardancer to be one of the least played class not because of actual gameplay aspect but it’s because of the disinformation about the class.
It’s not I agree.
But, it’s just funny to see how a blue gear Sorc with no engraving can outdps WD.
of course. sorc aoe is definitely doubled versus wardancer, no shot she’s gonna out-dps her from those sheer aoe alone especially since this was a chaos dungeon setting where 1 explosion/doomsday/punishing strike on a sorc can clear a 20+ pack of mobs in a single strike.
WD isn’t a class you can use a skill randomnly off CD. You pump most your skills in your 6 sec burst window. You don’t do much damage outside of this. It gets exponentially better with 2pc from Valtan HM. Once full legion set is available, WD feels so good.
Need more stats & lack of CDR - Burst window CD is long but relic accessories + legion set will solve this.
Check your gems and tripods to make sure all your cooldowns in burst window align.
Edit: if you’re talking about gookmin build with 2pc death, 4pc dom, I don’t think you need to worry.
what engr. would that use? I’m looking for an inspiration and so far the KR builds don’t seem to really work here as supposed… but this one I don’t know (if it’s FI)
wardancer is a crazy good class a little later in the game. also, in no universe does the removal of a 100% uptime 27% dmg buff going to a perma 24% damage buff = 24% damage buff for scrapper. it’s a small buff/qol but lol.
What he means: chaos is not very telling because sorc is aoe queen. though my wd actually gets mvp in cube over a sorc friend sometimes. but then again i can zip zap around with speed buff and wind kick & lightning kick and get to the mobs faster (she got no swift stat).
Don’t worry, your class will sky-rocket to the moon once you’ll have your relic set.
I mean it’s nothing we didn’t know already. WD scales very well with stats, gems, tripods etc. and kinda sucks without them.
But that was before the nerfs happened. I’m not sure why people are still saying that. The class no longer skyrockets since that Crit removal messed everything up. It’s still decent, but most people in KR are memeing it already and called it dead.
Now it’s just goes from horrible, to bad, to a bit better . It used to pay off immensely, but not anymore. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t play it, but you’re putting in way more effort to do your combo perfectly for a smaller payoff.
Im fairly certain the class isnt as bad as you make it out to be if it’s played correctly and with proper gear 
Surely theres a reason people still play it in korea as main.
Well, Wardancer isn’t a full DPS. They’re a hybrid DPS / Buff.
I mean. In groups Wardancers literally have 4 attack skills. That’s a pretty big clue.
As someone mentioned most the MA unperformed but not just due to stats. Half don’t even use their class engravings. Just Lv 1 from gear. Lancemaster being the big exception.
It’s not. Nothing is really because 95% of us will not be reaching 1590 and clearing the hardest raids. Just putting out there the info from Koreans at the top level.
I only have WD as an alt so I can’t speak with 100% certainty but I find it hard to believe the class is ”dead” if you gear it properly with the gear that west has access to, including gems, tripods, Lostwind cliff card set, correct stats, engravings. All of it. Then that it would still be ”dead”. I get that it’s not ideal that you need all of that to feel good to play but still my point stands
I’m not saying it’s dead, I did say people are memeing it and calling it dead. No classes are horrible in lost ark, it’s just a huge investment. You really have to love the class and stick through to relic sets. That’s 1445 lol, and don’t forget all the horizontal content that’s needed as well.
1432 Wardancer here:
1 - Conviction/Judgment plus having support (which you should in end game group content either way) is enough to always have mana. After the balance patch this will be even more true since we will lose self-crit in exchange for mana regen.
2 - Cycle is not that long, maybe you just prefer to play classes like Lancer/Shadowhunter where you mash your keys whenever you can (which is fine by the way).
3 - Third week in a row being MVP on Argos p3 despite multiple people with +20 weapons, I can objectively tell you that damage is not low (unless you want to convince me that all the 21 people I did p3 in the last three weeks are all terrible at the game)
4 - The “buff machine” thing I am assuming you are just repeating what most KR streamers say about WD, so no point in commenting on it I guess.
Class is fine, will probably get better after the balance patch next week since it increases raw damage of not only the First Intention engraving but of almost all skills too. If you want to switch classes because you don’t like the game style that is totally fine, but if the reason is because you think the class is weak and you want to meta chase you will just create more and more frustration to yourself imo.
This man has something to say about the "class getting better " after the nerfs.
they gonna be better with relic set. even now i prefer playing my wardancer than my glavier i felt they are equal in damage but wardancer much tankier. you just need proper build for it.
Yooo Anyone got a 1 spender build that I can go from 2 spender. With the patch coming I gotta change some stuff around.